AS a region familiar with the fearsome potential of natural disasters – 80 per cent of the Asean region is surrounded by water and is prone to water-related disasters – the heat has been on, both literally and figuratively to tackle climate change.

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati in the G20 presidency press conference on Thursday said the government would need over Rp3,500 trillion or Rp3.5 quadrillion to finance Indonesia’s transition towards green economy, or low carbon, resource efficient, and socially inclusive.

What is thought to be Southeast Asia’s single largest battery energy storage system (BESS) to date will be supplied to a solar PV-plus-storage project in Thailand by Sungrow. The China-headquartered inverter manufacturer said a few days ago that it will supply a comprehensive solution — including 49.01MW of PV inverters and a 45MW / 136.24MWh BESS […]

Indonesian energy company PT Pertamina (Persero) will allocate around nine percent of its total capital expenditure (Capex) for the 2020-2024 period for its entire new and renewable energy (NRE) initiatives.

The visit to Malaysia by US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, among others, is to discuss electricity generation from renewable energy (RE) sources, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

Banpu Power Pcl, a Thai power producer, is doubling down on its U.S.-led growth strategy by pledging to invest at least $200 million in renewable energy projects to add to its existing shale gas and electricity portfolios.

During the past several years, Thailand has increasingly suffered from a series of climate-induced catastrophes – from the worst drought in 40 years, to extreme heatwaves and floods that have inundated over ten thousand households. These events brought about unthinkable misfortunes especially to the financially vulnerable. And the obvious culprit is climate change.

Thailand’s government has shrugged off concerns voiced by environmentalist groups and agreed to import electricity from several controversial hydroelectric projects on the Mekong River in neighboring Laos.

According to the Global Climate Risk Index 2021, Thailand is one of the countries most affected by climate change globally, ranking 9th of 170 countries. In October this year, Thailand proposed a carbon neutrality by 2065-2070 roadmap at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Thailand became the first ASEAN country to formally propose and announce […]

In recent years, liquefied natural gas (LNG) has sparked considerable interest in Vietnam as a potential new source of energy, given the rapid growth of the country’s demand for electricity. According to the World Bank, the scale of Vietnam’s electricity consumption ranks second in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) after Indonesia and 23rd […]